Healthy teeth are an important part of overall health.  Unfortunately, dental health is hard to come by in many rural areas of Oklahoma. Part of the problem is there just aren't many dentists in these rural areas, but another big part of the problem is awareness.

Now, the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry and the American Dental Association are launching a pilot program right here in Oklahoma aimed at solving the dental health care crisis in these areas.

For a lot of older adults, memory issues are more serious than a lost set of keys or a misplaced TV remote.

But what if there were a way to battle memory loss from inside our own bodies.

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center are working toward that goal. Their research is focused on a hormone already produce by our bodies.

Robot Assisted Surgery Leaves No Visible Scarring

It's an ailment with potentially deadly complications. In fact, those complications lead to more deaths each year in this country than breast cancer and HIV combined.

We're talking about Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), which affects more than a half million people a year in the United States.

Now, new research by a team of international scientists, including a leading researcher from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, shows a new drug can make treatment more convenient, but just as effective.

New technologies and procedures offered at the OU Medical Center are helping those with Colorectal Cancer.

OU Medicine's researchers learn more about mutating bacteria like those behind sore throat and Scarlett fever.